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[muhsk] / mʌsk /




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Federal authorities charged a Daly City man in an international trafficking plot to smuggle nearly 300 poached loggerhead musk turtles from Florida to Taiwan.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026

For the same reason, the government has also had to postpone the annual winter musk ox hunt that was due to start on January 31.

From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026

To make it happen, the firm turned to Google Cloud, which sent a handful of AI engineers armed with Gemini models to spend a day sniffing floral musk, and then managed to crack the code.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 2, 2025

“Did elon musk just hit the roman salute at his inauguration speech?”

From Salon ● Jan. 21, 2025

Duane sometimes had difficulty understanding the musk ox, who once explained that his formal education gave him an expansive vocabulary.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

A trail of musks, resinous woods and creamy florals follow him around like an orb of protection.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2024

The new fragrance oil comes in a 10-millimeter, travel-friendly rollerball bottle and is an olfactory delight thanks to 12 musks: lily of the valley, ambergris, oakmoss and amber woods, among them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2024

Modern musks can be filthy, dainty, weighty, wispy; in short, they’re unpredictable.

From New York Times ● Oct. 18, 2018

But the distinctive quality all musks share is a certain lushness, a tendency to smell as opulent as cashmere feels.

From New York Times ● Oct. 18, 2018

The air was rife with the musks of the blossomed mountain-sides, and a medley of bird-music emanated from a hundred species, flitting and flapping their wet wings in the morning dew.

From The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky by Everett MacDonald


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